What are your favorite shorts?

[Grog]

Other: Shorts by Canada's very own MEC (Mountain Equipment Coop). The model is the Rapide.

They are similar to Trashy Cat's 8-panel short, however I think the inseam is longer. The Lycra fabric is pretty thick, feels supportive and I think it would protected me better than, say, my Sugoi RS shorts, if I was to crash.

Super tough, too.

[kmehrzad]

My favorite shorts are the Performance Women's Ultras. I like everything about them. The price isn't over the top either.

http://www.performancebike.com/bikes/ProductDisplay?storeId=10052&langId=-1&catalogId=10551&productId=1014392&cm_mmc=$(referrer)$-_-Clothing-_-PERFORMANCE-_-10-0634&CSE=GooglePS&mr:trackingCode=91549846-A681-DE11-B7F3-0019B9C043EB&mr:referralID=NA

[ny biker]

I really like the Shebeest Century Elite shorts from a couple of years ago, but I will not consider buying them now with the current chamois. I just don't want any chamois that is not seamless -- stitches and seams are bad over long distances.

Fortunately I don't need new shorts anytime soon.

The SSS shorts are good too, but I like the elite ones better.

[OakLeaf]

Oh, I forgot about these: Exte Ondo Very Short. (They have an 8" inseam, so they're not "very" short.)

Just dug out my hot weather gear, totally forgot about these. Chamois is wonderful, although it may be too narrow in the rear for a few (fine for me and my 155mm saddle though).

Size down a size from their sizing chart though. I fall smack in the middle of the measurement range for Large, and they were close enough to keep (besides, at the time I'd returned so many pairs of shorts that it was half out of politeness that I kept them ), but they're really too big for me. Next time I order a pair they'll be Medium, although most likely I'm smack on the line between Medium and Large, just as I'm smack on the line between Small and Medium in most US brands.

[Becky]

Oh, I forgot about these: Exte Ondo Very Short. (They have an 8" inseam, so they're not "very" short.)

They look very nice and that chamois might agree with me, but are they as see-through as the pic on TE makes them seem?

[OakLeaf]

They look very nice and that chamois might agree with me, but are they as see-through as the pic on TE makes them seem?

No one's complained to me.

Seriously, they are thin, but I think the part you're referring to is the panel that's just a thin inch or two on the sides of the thighs and across the top of the back. This is an open-weave vent, but the rise on these shorts is high, so the vent falls well above my sacrum. Nothing revealed there. The rest of the shorts is just regular fabric and I don't notice them being especially see-through.

[zoom-zoom]

No one's complained to me.

Seriously, they are thin, but I think the part you're referring to is the panel that's just a thin inch or two on the sides of the thighs and across the top of the back. This is an open-weave vent, but the rise on these shorts is high, so the vent falls well above my sacrum. Nothing revealed there. The rest of the shorts is just regular fabric and I don't notice them being especially see-through.

I think they would show off my cellulite and give me weird sunburn. Otherwise they sound pretty nice and that chamois looks like it would be thinner where I want it.